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noun

as in exercise
something done over and over in order to develop skill a workout with dumbbells for building the muscles of the arms

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Recent Examples of work out
Verb
The settlement works out to close to $3,000 for each of the 500,000 works mentioned in the class action. Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025 That’s former Viking Gene Washington, 81, working out regularly at the Southdale YMCA. Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
Other videos involve a breakdown of the trend's aesthetics, focus on healthy foods, or feature trips to workout classes. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Map the Quick Button to start workouts fast, then let the responsive touch and gestures handle the rest. Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for work out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for work out
Verb
  • The approach is to solve as many things as possible while people are in prison.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This sequel to 2019's Knives Out follows detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, who works to solve a murder after a group of frenemies meet on a private Greek island.
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In July, Anthropic was awarded a Pentagon contract to develop national security AI capabilities.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These are all features developed by the building’s original creators, the Miami firm of Steward-Skinner and Associates, prominent architects of the time also responsible for the design of the Miami Seaquarium and MIA’s first jet-age terminal.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Human intervention has helped to curb the effects on some of the most imperiled native species, and in some cases, even succeeded in recovery efforts, but the overarching threat of climate change persists.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • By Tuesday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 70% of the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When a nuclear missile is launched at the United States, White House officials scramble to figure who's responsible and how to respond in a drama featuring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso and Jared Harris.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And both backs figure to get plenty of opportunities again this week against Eastern Washington.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, not all research has come to the same conclusion here, and the effects and benefits may vary according to the regularity of exposure, type of exercise, or between athletes and average Joes.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Internal carbon pricing can range from a purely hypothetical accounting exercise to actual spending on in-house carbon credits, the proceeds from which go into a fund tapped for carbon-cutting activities like energy efficiency upgrades or building onsite renewables.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Schneider was expressing his feelings about the unknown state of Judge’s normally rocket arm, the Yankees seemed weary about answering these kind of inquiries.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Why Colombians are answering Zelenskyy’s plea Decades of warfare have left Colombia with one of the largest and most well-trained armies in the world.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the Assembly class of 1990 forged close friendships across party lines that endure 35 years later.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Ben Hania counters that silence, not with an explicit argument but with an experience, a movie forged in the universal and very specific language of the single-location thriller.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Don't go into a basement, or any room, if water covers the electrical outlets or if cords are submerged.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Prosecutors said the 22-year-old man did not go with him to the hospital.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

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